Uterine supporter.



H0 MODEL.

f No.. 160.823..

u fPArnrBNmED-MAY 24.1904. M. J. TORRBNGE.

UTERINE SUPPORTR'l Anmonlol rum) rms. 5, 1904.

be in use `and other parts in elevation.

UNITED STATESl Patented May 24, 1904.

PATENT FFICE.

uTE-RINE'sU-PPORTER.

y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,823, dated May 24, 1904.

Application iled February 5, 1904. Serial No. 192,161. (N o model.)

To all whom, ft may/concern,.- Beit known that I, MIRIAM J. ToRRENoE, of

Indianapolis, county of Marion, arid State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Uterine Supporter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a-full,'clear, and

eXact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refen to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a yielding and flexible support for the cup in uterine supporters. Heretofore the cup" has been supported by a stiff stem, usually of hard rubber.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of said uterine supporter. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the cup and supportingstem. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of cup with the stem bent as it might In detail, 10 is the front member, and 11 the rear member, of a band or abdominal support. rIhe two members are at the sides connected by elastic strips 12 and buckles 13.- From the members of the abdominal band or support a pair of rubber strips or tubes 14 eX- tend, passing .from the front to the rear inembers. They extend loosely, and therefore adjustably, through holes in a hard-rubber ball or knob 15, that carries the flexible stem, on the upper end of which the cup 16 is mounted. The cup may be in any desired form, two being here shown. The-iiexible and yielding stem for the cup is herein formed of' a rather stijf coiled wire 17, with its two ends secured to threaded pins l8,.fo ne of which screws into the cup 16 and the other into theball or knob 15. Over said spring a covering or rubber tu be 19 is stretched that covers the metal parts completely. A second rubber tube 20 is stretchedover the frame, and its ends also envelop the endsofthecup'and ball or knob, so as to aord complete protection. It may be made of any exible material that .would be sanitary. It is thus seen that the stem is yielding, as there is some space between each coil of the wire to permit it to yield, and the stem is also flexible. This enables the support to accommodate it'self to the jolts of the organ .while walking and afford relief therefrom, and while sitting it will bend also to accommodate itself to the position of the organ supported. f

For cleaning the rubber covers Imay be removed and the cup and knob renived from the spring, although this is usually needless, as the cover 2O is fully protective.

What I claim to be new 'and of my invention Isy n.

1. In a uterine supporter, the combination with the cup and knob, of aspiral spring, end pieces secured thereto. adaptedfto be attached to the cup and knob, and a covering over said spring and the adjacent ends of the cup and knob.

' 2. In a uterine supporter, a cup with a threaded hole, a knob with a threaded hole, a spiral spring, an end piece secured to each end of the spring with a threaded pin to screw into the cup or knob, a covering for the spring and end pieces, and an outer covering that overlaps the ends of the cup and knob.

In witness whereof I have' hereunto afliXed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named. A

MIRIAM J. TORRENGE.

Witnesses:

V. H.v LocKwooD, NELLIE ALLEMONG. 

